Horseshoe.



No. 893,481. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.. S. GORDON.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED MAB-18. 1909.

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HORSE SHOE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON GORDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

The object of my invention is to provide a horse shoe which shall cost but little and may be made in varying sizes and so constructed as to prevent slipping on icy or slip pery pavements, and it consists in the special construction of horse shoe hereinafter described which is formed in one piece of malleable iron or steel and which is provided with three sets of calks of different elevations for the purposes hereinafter more fully demuch thicker as seen at c and is provided with integral teeth or permanent c'alks d at. These permanent calks are made with blunt face calks d and with the alternate calks (1, much lower than the adjacent ones and ter minating in sharp chisel faces with inclinedsides, so that when the higher calks d wear away, the sharp edges of the intermediate calks d will come into bearing contact and i will thus prevent the shoe from slipping after the shoe is partly worn out. It will be seen that the permanent calks d and d extend outwardly from the thicker inner portion 0 of the shoe so that both the bases and tops of these permanent calks are beyond the flat outer portion of the shoe. This gives greater prominence to the calks and prevents the accumulation of ice and snow between them, for the spaces between calks d and d are not only of tapering form, but are also entirely olpen both on the inner and outer sides of the s we At the toe of the shoe there is an enlargement B of the same elevation as the permanent calks (Z but extending entirely across the width of the shoe, and at the heels there Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18, 1908.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Serial No. 421,830.

are corresponding enlargements B B of equal elevation with the toe enlargement B and extending entirely across the shoe. All of these enlargements B, B, B are formed with undercut dovetail grooves into which are driven detachable wedge shaped calks e 6 whose bearing edges extend beyond the plane of calks d and are provided for very sleety conditions, as an especial safeguard.

At the heels of the shoe a connecting bridge piece E extends across the frog and serves to protect the same. This bridge piece is formed in one piece with the rest of the shoe, the entire shoe, with the exception of the detachable calks e 6, being all made in one piece preferably of malleable iron or steel and is very cheaply made. The shoes are to be formed in a large number of different sizes, varying from each other in shape, weight and size, so as to permit one to be 'easily selected to suit the particular hoof of the horse without anyv bending, heating or fitting, thus greatly reducing the labor of shoeing as well as the cost of the shoes.

I am aware that horse shoes have been heretofore made showing the separate ele ments of my shoe, but I do not know that the specific features of construction shown and described have ever been heretofore combined in a single shoe.

In connection with my shoe I may, if desired, use any form of pad.

I claim 1. A horse shoe, consisting of a body portion having on each side two levels, the inner level being of greater thickness than the outer level and having on the inner level two series of permanent calks, extending from the thicker inner portion, one series having fiat bearing faces and the alternating series being shorter and formed with chisel-shaped edges and said shoe having toe and heel enlargements extending across the full width of the shoe and having outer bearing faces lying in the same plane as the flat bearing faces of the permanent calks of the'sides of the shoe.

2. A horse shoe, consisting of a body portion having on each side two levels, the inner level' being of greater thickness than the outer level and having on the inner level two series of permanent calks, extending from the thicker inner portion, one series having fiat outer bearing faces and the alternating series being shorter and formed with chisel-shaped edges and said shoe having toe and heel enlargements extending across the full Width of edges having a greater projection than the the shoe and having outer faces lying in the fiat bearing faces of the permanent calks same plane as the fiat bearing faces of the along the sides of the shoe.

permanent calks at the sides of the shoe, and SIMON GORDON. 5 having dovetail grooves formed across the Witnesses: v

said toe and heel enlargements, and pro- EDW. W. BYRN,

vided with detachable calks with hearing H. J.Boss1 3. 

